An angry mob of street vendors stoned UN police and administrative personnel at a Dili market Tuesday, injuring three people and damaging three vehicles.

"Two or three agitators, displeased with the slowness in attributing new stalls, provoked the crowd into stoning police and functionaries" at the recently renovated Taibessi market, UN police spokesman Luis Carrilho told Lusa.

"Three Timorese were injured and three vehicles damaged", he added, without identifying the injured or making reference to any arrests in the East Timorese capital.

Since early this year, the UN transition administration has been preparing the dismantlement of Dili's chaotic municipal market, the scene of much of the city's crime and street violence, and the transfer of vendors to three new neighborhood markets, including Taibessi.